Roman Literature. By Hermann Joachim. Translated. (J. NC Dent and
Co. ls. net.)—This, one of the "Temple Primers,'; gives an excellent sketch of its subject. We find little or nothing among the literary judgments with which we disagree ; while as to omissions, it is necessary to remember how limited is the space with which the author has to content himself. We doubt whether the Satires were Horace's earliest work. Doubtless it was by these that he attracted the attention of Maecenas ; but he probably had locked up in his desk poems of which Epod. XVI., " Altera jam teritur bells civilibus aetas," is a specimen. The man who wrote that "despaired of the Republic." In the "Conclusion" we see that Claudian is dismissed in ten lines; however imperious the necessity for brevity, this is too summary, for Claudian's genius, which the author fails, it would seem, to appreciate, ranks him high among the poets of the world.
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